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Message: [QUOTE="Storrs South, post: 3628788, member: 7275"] On the plus side, if there was ever a season to not play the planned schedule, this was it. Because of the last minute nature of schedule agreements as a newly independent, athletics was actually going to be at a net loss just to play the games...[URL='https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-football/hc-sp-uconn-football-schedules-army-ole-miss-middle-tennessee-20191014-20191024-fa3xw7j3bffotdb4rmyzcestui-story.html']about $380k to be exact.[/URL] No significant (or in some cases any) guarantee money from UNC, UVA, or Ole Miss. And since none of these opponents were coming to the Rent, it's not like it would help with attendance to offset the payment. Fortunately the pay games are back starting in 2021 and thereafter (Clemson, Michigan, Tennessee, Ohio State) that will help the program look better on the balance sheet and seem to be helping on the recruiting trail. [/QUOTE]